Awning



To all whom t may concern:

wlrmmivi;y HAMMOND Meer/rena, or nAs'r onroacfo,Y INDIA-NA,-

AWN ING.

' Application filed July 18, 1919.

Be it known that I, NILLIAu H. MCOM- Bnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of East Chicago, in the county of Lake and State of,Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Awnings, of which the following' is a specication.,

My invention is an improvement in awnings, and has for its object' to providera device of the character specified, adapted for internal use at windows or other openings, for supplying a continuous current of cool air to a sleeper in the bed adjacent to the window, and for constraining the air to flow in at the lower part of the easement over the face of the sleeper and out aboveV the upper casing. Y

In the drawings Figure l is a side view of the improved awning in use, with parts broken away, 1

Fig. 2 is a front View of the awning detached.

In the present embodiment of the invention, the awning is shown in connection with a window Casement l having the 'usual upper and lower sashes 2 and 3'mounted to slide in the Casement. The awning comprises a suitable frame 4 which is hinged to the easement as indicated at 5 at opposite sides thereof, and a curtain or covering 6 connected with the frame, and with the e casement at its top as indicated at 7 This covering depends below the frame far enough to touch the mattress 8 of the bed which is arranged at the easement, with the head of the bed just below the easement sill. When not in use, the frame may be folded upward, to leave the lower portion ofthe window clear, and the covering may be of any suitable or desired material proper for the purpose.

In order to provide for a proper circulation of air, a deflecting curtain consisting of portions 9 and l() is arranged within the awning, the edges of the said portions 9 and 10 Vbeing secured to the side walls of the covering, as for instance, by stitching or in any other suitable or desired manner.

In use, the device is arranged as shown in F ig. l, with the deflector 9-10 so arranged that when the upper sash is lowered a few inches, the opening thereof will regis- Specifcaton of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 311.729.

ter with the space between the portion9 of the deflector and the top of the covering Patented June 8, 1920. e

for the awning. The portion 10 of the de- Y flector is spacedfar enough above the bot-` tom edge of the covering 6, sothat when the lower sash is raised from four. to six inches, the air from the exterior may pass below the said portion 10. Y v

The person occupying the bed lies with his or herV head beneath the awning, and it will be evident that the fresh air from the outside will `flow in' belowl the raised lower sash and will pass upward vand out through the passage 11 between the portion 9 of the' deflector and the inclined portion of the awning. Thus there willbe at all times a free and continuous circulation of air from the outside to the sleeper. i

The aspired air will passoutward from the passage 11, and at the top of the window. With this arrangement, the occupant of the bed may retire and arisein a warm room, which .may be comfortably warm, since the head and shoulders or even the,

head only, need beY exposed, theinterior of the room remaining, at a considerable tem-v 1. A device ofthe character specified, for

use in connection withwindows, comprising an awning frame connected with the'case`V ment and supporting a covering connected to `the'casement at the top and sides thereof and open at the bottom, and adapted'to receive the head end of the bed beneath ythe said open bottom, and Ymeans within the cov ering for causing the circulation of air from the lower part of the window and out at the top of the window, said means comprising a deflector of flexible material connected to the side walls of the awning covering, and consisting of a `portion approximately horizontal for deflecting the air entering at the lower part of the window away from the window, and a portion inclined aboversaid lirst named portion and in substantially,

perature. The covering and the defiector Vmay be made of any suitable or vdesired .Y

material.

I claim;-

tending partition YWithin the same` consisting v of a portionv arrangedn snbstantially para11e1 spaced relation to the *inclined top of,

the awnin and a portion extending at an acute ang e With respect to the said rst named portion, and adapted'to abut the surface to which the awning isv connected.

3. A device of the character speoified, comprising an awning adapted to be connected to the inside of a Windowv to provde'a tent` 1Y0VV` for the head of a bed, and means for con-l v straining the air to flow near that portion of the awning remote from' they Window.

WILLIAM .HAMMOND MGOMBER. Y 

